Pedestrians are protected even from inclement weather because all the streets have sidewalks, and all these sidewalks are covered in glass, to protect pedestrians from the rain without depriving them of light, and by moveable canvas, to shield them from heat. Some streets, in particular those that run between the big depot storehouses, are completely covered, as are all the street crossings. Concern for safety is so strong that it has led to the construction of covered shelters a certain distance apart on both sides of the street, under which the omnibuses stop, so that people can get on or off without having to fear either rain or mud. And so you see, my friend, that you can travel throughout the city of Icara by carriage if you are in a hurry, through gardens if it is good weather, and under arcades when the weather is inclement, without ever needing a parasol or an umbrella, and with no fears; on the other hand, the thousands of accidents and misfortunes that overwhelm the people of Paris and London every year point an accusing finger at the shameful impotence or barbaric indifference of those governments.

Extract from Travels in Icaria by Etienne Cabet (1845), translated by Leslie J  Roberts

"When we are victorious on a world scale I think we shall use gold for the purpose of building public lavatories in the streets of some of the largest cities of the world. This would be the most "just" and most educational way of utilizing gold for the benefit of these generations which have not forgotten how, for the sake of gold, ten million men were killed and thirty million maimed in the "great war for freedom", the war of 1914-18..."

Extract from Lenin's Importance of Gold now and after the Complete Victory of Socialism, probably inspired by Thomas More's Utopia, in which the author suggests using precious metals to make chamber pots and spittoons.